# Painting Brake Calipers

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [May 16, 2007, 12:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painting-brake-calipers/29367 "2007-05-16T00:34:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painting-brake-calipers/29367/9 "2007-05-16T06:52:44Z")

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Aren’t Cobalt calipers aluminum? If so you need to etch them down to bare alumimum for the paint to stick, sand blasting or sanding the surface, then etching primer designed for aluminum, then paint.

I think painted stock calipers look stupid, but that’s just me. If they were aluminum I would polish them, then clear coat them.

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